Jimmy Kilpatrick

In a few days, on 1 August, thousands of prospective students who wish to attend the higher and other educational institutions nationwide will have tests.

After hearing about an estimated $140,000 in renovations for the office of Levittown's school superintendent, PTA delegate Marie Pustorino decided that she had to see the rebuilt suite for herself

Queen Rania said, “Stereotypes like women are being suppressed and that they are not educated should be answered by Arab and Muslim women themselves with the help of the Web and the Internet. Efforts are already being made by women to dismantle such misconceptions and much more needs to be done through a sustained campaign.”

EducationNews.org’s owner, editor and publisher Jimmy Kilpatrick today announced his website newspaper’s official support for the proposed 28th amendment to the United States Constitution calling for the country to cede the geographical territories of Berkeley, California and Toledo, Ohio to the sovereign country of Russia.

By CORNELIA DEAN
For many, Sputnik was proof that America’s science education, had fallen behind. But, since then, how far have we come?

Linda Chinnia had served as CAO, one of the top officials in the system, for three years, rising to the position after overseeing a group of elementary schools.

Tintin was at the centre of a race row after the CRE accused one of the books of making black people "look like monkeys (and) imbeciles".

How do you help 300 at-risk teens stay in school and out of jail? You link them with businesses who employ them for 24 hours a week -- as long as they keep their grades up -- and provide mentors to teach them life skills....

A US Senate committee chaired by Senator Edward M. Kennedy looking into potential conflicts of interest in the student loan industry cited Citizens Bank yesterday for the "lavish meetings" it funded for the members of its advisory board on student loans, which included representatives of several prominent local and national universities.

By DIANE RAVITCH
Recently, I attended yet another one of those conferences where leaders of American industry, commerce, and government get together to decide what to do about our schools.

Rising rates of teenage diabetes could be creating a "time bomb" of death and serious illness, experts warned yesterday. Scientists gathered evidence from around the world indicating alarming levels of diabetic complications among adolescents.

Vocational courses are not just for underachievers, Ofsted warns as it urges schools to offer more choices. Work-related learning and vocational courses were thought relevant only to underachievers in many of the schools it visited, the report said.

Excited and emboldened by the wealth of inf.found on the Internet, Chinese teens are breaking tradition to challenge teachers and express their opinions in class.

Parents Report Improvements and Concerns in Georgetown Study on DC Voucher Program
Washington, D.C. – The School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP) at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute released today its second qualitative report on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), a federally funded initiative for low-income families living in the District of Columbia. The report, titled “The Evolution of School Choice Consumers: Parent and Student Voices on the Second Year of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program,” provides responses from participating families indicating improvements in the program’s operations and progress in the number of parents acting as confident and well informed school choice consumers.